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Echézeaux Grand Cru

Jacques Prieur Echézeaux Grand Cru Bouteille
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    2010: a small crop of beautiful grapes
    After an interminably long, cold winter, proper spring weather set in during the month of April with above-average temperatures that enabled the vines to start growing quickly. Bud break took place over just a few days around the 20th of April. The poor, cool weather in June caused a great deal of coulure (shot berries) and flowering was upset as a result. The first two weeks of July were warm and sunny. Véraison (colour change) began at the usual time in mid-August, but lasted for several weeks due to rain and cool temperatures. The grapes took their time to ripen. Fortunately, sunny weather returned in early September and lasted for three weeks. A small crop with undersized berries and well-aerated bunches made it possible to maintain the fruit in good, healthy condition and obtain good ripeness. However, it took a great deal of reflection before deciding when to pick each plot. We did not react in a panic-stricken way to what was wrongly described as deterioration of the grapes!

  • Grape Variety & Plot size

    Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir on a 0.36 hectare plot

  • Terroir

    Located in "Champs Traversins", in the heart of the historic Echézeaux vineyard, the vines are planted in north/south rows at the end bordering on La Combe d'Orveau.
    Fairly thin brown soil. Very fine sany/siliceous gravel on the surface.
    Perfect microclimate: cool, well-ventilated, and healthy thanks to an air current.

  • Vinification & Ageing

    The grapes were handpicked into small crates, then sorted and totally destemmed. The wine stayed on the skins for 21 days in temperature-controlled open oak vats. Pigeage (punching down the cap) was done twice a day during alcoholic fermentation.
    100% malolactic fermentation
    The wine was aged entirely in new oak barrels.
    Duration of barrel ageing: 18 months

  • Tasting Notes

    Tasted in November 2012
    COLOUR: Intense ruby-red with deep purplish highlights.
    NOSE: Well-defined and fresh pure fruit aromas (blackcurrant, pomegranate and raspberry).
    PALATE: Savoury, mouth-watering texture an extremely refined tannin.

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